Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-12-30

hose by Harrls l1amDleton1an, dam I'M
known, which means nothing, or next to
it, we have, Grey Rose, gray mare, 15-2,
foaled 1850 or 1851; bred by Samuel
Roublee, Bristol, VT, probably got by
Chilson Hambetonian; dam bay mare
with star, of Morgan build, brought from
Fort Ann, n. Y, toBristol, VT, by Sam
uel Roublee, and claimed by him to be a
Morgan mare.
From the above it will be seen. that
whilst this mare might have been got by
a descendant of the Harris horse, she
could not have been got by him as record
ed in Wallace.
We understand perfectly well that Mr.
Wallace did not make up this pedigree,
he only recorded it. And even such ones
as that of the dam of Mai. Edsall and
Lady Shannon 80, which after looking
into very carefully, we are satisfied were
made out of whole cloth by somebody,
we do not suppose Mr.. Wallace to have
made up, although he has recorded the
same. What we especially blame Mr..
Wallace for, is the giving of such I'M
known pedigrees without qualification,
the same as those known. This he ought
not to have done, or after doing it, he
ought to correct it. Very possibly it was
done with less thought than one would
suppose; if so, let Mr.. Wallace expunge
all such pedigrees from his books and we
will cheerfully commend them. We
would far rather be working with him
than against him, in the effort to find out
the true pedigrees of the American trot-
ting horse. There is enough for all to
do if we work together, to get these
right,-right they will be of immense
value and pleasure, and it goes without
saying that wrong they are worse than
nothing. Every error mars the lesson
than can be got from an absolutely cor
rect record, and many errors introduced
entirely destroy it.
In looking up our record of the Chilson
Horse, we find that letter from Eugene
Chilson of Vergennes, published in the
REGISTER, June PC, 1885, states that he
was bred by Ira Abernethy, foaled in
lS49 and got by Harris Hambletonian.
Eugene Chilson was brother of Oscar
Chilson who owned the horse.
In the Dec. II, 1885, number of the REG
IsTER Mr.. Amos L. Haselton of Bristol,
Ezekiel Hanchett, Eleazar Kendall and
George Flint all of New Haven, and Mr..
Noble Brooks of Middlebury, all state
that this horse was got by the Hardness
Horse, son of the Harris Horse. These
are all good witnesses, Mr.. Hanchett es-
pecially so, as he knew the stock we'll,
having bred True John, and living with
in mile of Mr.. Abernethy. On the 9TH
er hand, we notice that Messrs. Wood
bury, Dudley, r. Rounds and D. w.
Nash, all of New Haven, are positive that
the Chilson Horse was by the Harris
Horse. Mr.. Calihan told us that he
was married in 1913 and moved
onto Mr.. Chilson's place and worked for
him the next year, and that at that time
this colt was three years old and he was
breaking it, and owned it ten years or
more. Mr.. Calihan thought the dam of
this Chilson colt was grey or white
mare. good traveller, 1000 lbs, very
kind animal that Mr.. Chilson, Sem, had
a good many years. He said the colt
was dark iron grey, and that the old nare
was plain built and rangy, flyer.
Mr.. Abner Squier of New Haven, whom
we called on in returning, who was near
neighbor and always lived in New Ha-
ven, says the Chilson Horse was bred by
Ira Abernethy and bought of him by Os-
car Chilson when four or five years old.
He also says that he knew well the dam
of the Chilson Horse bred by Mr.. Aber-
nethy, that she was blocky built, low
bay mare, with somewhat hollow back.
Thinks she resembled Morgan mare.
but thinks she was called Hambletonian.
1t is evident from this, that Mr.. Chilson
had two grey colts. 1t is also evident
that more information is needed as to the
sire of Grey Rose. Can any of our read
ers furnish it: